Drugs have always tempted individual users. Today, they also are attractive to states and local jurisdictions facing fiscal difficulties. Several states require that dealers of various illegal drugs buy tax stamps. Now, lawmakers in more states and municipalities are looking at similar ways to make some much-needed legal money off illegal acts. The taxation of illegal drugs

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